Word: forgiven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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British generals nevertheless were to be forgiven for feeling that the rebellion was merely an exhibition of rashness by excited colonials. The colonies, only tenuously united and notoriously ridden by rivalry, had little industry (even minor manufacturing was restricted by British policy), no military tradition, almost no military stores, no fleet, no allies, and, by European standards, no army worthy of the name. They faced the wealth and trained troops of a great military power (England sent the biggest expeditionary force in its history to America), backed by the world's greatest navy, by savage Indians, and by droves...
Triumph for Right. Real enemies of the axis get clouted. In the past, an editor who criticized too heavily could expect to find advertising from Nevada gamblers mysteriously vanishing from his paper. But even such heretics are forgiven and rewarded if they mend their ways. Recalcitrant Editor M. M. Zenoff of Boulder City was given a fancy public-relations job after he saw the light, and recalcitrant Politico Denver Dickerson, through Pat McCarran, got a job in State Department public relations in exotic Rangoon. Dickerson may yet be brought home to be groomed as the Biltz-McCarran candidate for governor...
...quibble with Borge's performance is his references to Denmark's recent scientific contribution. Borge's is a highly specialized humor and allusions to Copenhagen's celebrity are not within his bounds. But for Borge's symphony of comic perfection, he can certainly be forgiven this minor false note...
This pious gravity was not echoed, however, in New York. "Come home, Bill," jeered the tabloid Daily News in a one-line editorial, "nothing is forgiven." City Council President Rudolph Halley said he hoped that O'Dwyer would either come back voluntarily or be brought back to testify on the city scandals. But this was mostly talk. If O'Dwyer chooses to stay in Mexico-as he has strongly indicated he will-he cannot be brought back unless 1) he is charged with a specific crime, and 2) his Mexican friends can be persuaded that it is legally...
...Msgr. James H. Willett, St. Joseph's pastor, sent an open message to the thieves: "We are praying that you will realize that you have stolen from the house of God, and if you will only return the paintings, we will pray that you will be forgiven...